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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State yesterday explained why it delayed in making its position known on the controversy rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over the choice of candidate for the forthcoming govern...
Activities in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, was brought to a halt as Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Speaker Ghali Umar Na’abba, and Governors of Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi,and Sokoto states, among ot...
Kogi State Governor-elect, Captain Idris Wada has disclosed that party chieftains and stakeholders have put him under immense pressure, lobbying for appointments since he was declared winner of the December 3, 2011 gubernatorial poll in the state. Addr...
Former national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Okwesilieze Nwodo, has carpeted the recently conducted local government elections in Enugu State, describing the process as imposition rather than election. Nwodo, who stat...
The Federal Government, yesterday, directed the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to audit all existing funds established by law to support key sectors of the economy. The funds which include the Education Trust Fund (ETF), Petroleum Develop...
Concerned about the increasing queues at filling stations due to scarcity of fuel, the House of Representatives has summoned the minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Allison Madueke, the group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corpor...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday forwarded a N249, 544, 27 billion Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) budget proposal for the 2011 fiscal year to the National Assembly for approval. The President also asked the Senate to approve the sack of...
President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday charged all Nigerians to collaborate with the government to tackle the nation's numerous challenges. Jonathan, who was speaking at the St. Mulumba Catholic Chaplaincy, Apo, where he had morning devo...
FRSC Zone 1 recorded 1,148 deaths in 8,060 accidents in four states of the zone since January, Mr Samuel Obayemi, the Zonal Commander said on Wednesday in Kaduna. The zone comprises Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states as well as Jigawa. Obayemi, that...
Power generation in the country dropped by 1,080 mega watts on Tuesday, due to the shutdown of the Egbin Thermal Station. The Egbin Power Station was shut down on Tuesday around 3.50 p. m. The station currently contributes about 1,080 mega watts to the...
The National Assembly is working towards proscribing the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs), Rep. Simon Arabo announced on Wednesday in Jos. “After a thorough study, we have found that the SIECs are manipulated by the state governmen...
Michael Jackson's doctor on Tuesday asked for a publicly-funded lawyer to handle his appeal on a manslaughter conviction in the pop star's death, saying he could not afford to pay for one himself. Dr. Conrad Murray, serving a four-year jail ter...
The Ekiti State government has said that bush burning during hammattan could lead to fire disaster. This was just as it advised the people of the state to avoid bush burning and other menace that could be traceable to fire during the period. In a state...
The Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr.Akinwunmi Adesina said that the federal government has concluded arrangement to stop further procurement and distribution of subsidised fertilisers in a determined move to eliminate inherent corrup...
Former governor of Cross River State, Mr. Donald Duke has decried the poor patronage at the Tinapa and said that he was not happy with what happened to the legacy he bequeathed to the succeeding administration. He lamented that Tinapa and the Monorail ...